Alison Moore (writer)

Alison Moore (born 1971) is an English writer. Born in Manchester, she lives in Leicestershire. She is an honorary lecturer in the School of English at the University of Nottingham.[1]

Work

Moore's 2012 debut novel, The Lighthouse, was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.[2] In reaction to the announcement, Moore commented: "Reaching the shortlist is ridiculously exciting. I keep feeling like I ought to stop daydreaming and get on with something, but it's all real."[3] Chair of the Booker jury, Sir Peter Stothard, described the jury's decision in the following words: "The judges admired The Lighthouse's bleak inner landscape, a temperature control set low and an impressively assured control."[4] Before The Lighthouse, Moore had written and published several short stories, collected in The Pre-War House and Other Stories.[5] Her second novel, He Wants, was published in 2014. Both The Lighthouse and He Wants were Observer Books of the Year.[6][7]

Reviews

He Wants

"The best novels are the ones that leave you with a sense of yearning, and in He Wants, Alison Moore proves her mastery of the medium." (Lynsey May, The List)

The Lighthouse

"A haunting and accomplished novel." (Katy Guest, The Independent on Sunday)

References
  1. "Alison Moore - author of the Man Booker shortlisted 'The Lighthouse'". www.alison-moore.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. "Alison Moore". Man Booker Prize. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  3. "Alison Moore's The Lighthouse shortlisted for 2012 Man Booker Prize". Salt Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. "First-time Leicestershire novelist Alison Moore is shortlisted for Booker". This is Leicestershire. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. "Short stories". Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  6. "Observer Books of the Year 2012". Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  7. "Observer Books of the Year 2014". Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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